Word Finder - blasts

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A violent gust of wind.

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A forcible stream of gas or liquid from an orifice, for example from a bellows, the mouth, etc.

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A hit from a pipe.

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The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace

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many tons of iron were melted at a blast

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The exhaust steam from an engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast.

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An explosion, especially for the purpose of destroying a mass of rock, etc.

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An explosive charge for blasting.

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A loud, sudden sound.

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A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.

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A good time; an enjoyable moment.

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We had a blast at the party last night.

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A promotional message sent to an entire mailing list.

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an e-mail blast; a fax blast

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A flatulent disease of sheep.

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To make an impression on, by making a loud blast or din.

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To make a loud noise.

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To shatter, as if by an explosion.

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To open up a hole in, usually by means of a sudden and imprecise method (such as an explosion).

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Blast right through it.

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To curse; to damn.

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Blast it! Foiled again.

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(sci-fi) To shoot, especially with an energy weapon (as opposed to one which fires projectiles).

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Chewbacca blasted the Stormtroopers with his laser rifle.

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To shoot; kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal.

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To criticize or reprimand severely; to verbally discipline or punish.

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My manager suddenly blasted me yesterday for being a little late to work for five days in a row, because I was never getting myself up on time.

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To blight or wither.

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A cold wind blasted the rose plants.

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To be blighted or withered.

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The bud blasted in the blossom.

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To blow, for example on a trumpet.

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An immature or undifferentiated cell (e.g., lymphoblast, myeloblast).

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To run a nucleotide sequence (for nucleic acids) or an amino acid sequence (for proteins) through a BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool).

I was deeply saddened to hear about the blasts in London.

A band tooted practice blasts, someone was yelling directions through an old fashioned megaphone, which were ignored, and Suzanne, whose nightly music show serenaded the tourists, warmed up the Star Spangled Banner in a voice that needed no mike.

The buds and ieaves on the exposed side are probably killed by sand blasts.

They recount the six partial judgments which followed the opening of the seventh seal and the blasts of the six trumpets.

The method declaring a person a rebel was by giving three blasts on a horn and publicly proclaiming the fact; hence the expression, "put to the horn."

In this method tremendous blasts of powder, sometimes twenty-five or even fifty tons, were used to loosen the gravel, which was then acted on by the jet of water thrown from the " pipes."

During the spring and summer months the prevalence of fierce cutting winds, which are shaped by the conformation of the valleys into blasts as through a funnel, following the strike of the valleys either up or down, makes travelling painful and existence in camp most unpleasant.

Then there are a few single black diamonds to test your mettle - just short little blasts of action - nothing too outrageous.

However, 4 months after onset, leukemic blasts were detected in cerebrospinal fluid.

With that, the referee brings proceedings to a close with three shrill blasts on his shiny whistle and Chelsea take the three points.

This signal is relayed quickly by voice, hand and arm movements, or horn blasts.

The blasts, which lasted only a few seconds, might be early alert systems for star explosions called supernovae.

Or, if it fall, it blasts the labor 'd vale, And spares the barren summit!

The fiery blasts of summer, furnace-heated over the red-hot Kizil Kum, are hardly less to be feared than the ice-cold shamshir (or north-western blizzard) of winter, which freezes men when it finds them in the open desert, and frequently destroys whole caravans.

This form of MDS is called " refractory anemia with excess blasts " or RAEB.

The referee draws proceedings to a close with three shrill blasts on his whistle, prompting raucous celebrations from the Barcelona players.

And how does he thank her for the tossed salad, he blasts his load deep into her mouth !

Or, if it fall, it blasts the labor 'd vale, And spares the barren summit !

Electrical blasts, to zap people from afar or to wreck havoc with machinery?

A few blasts from the pulse function on your blender will also do the trick.

Her role on the hit series has won her praise as being compassionate, especially when her cohort, Cowell, blasts the candidates time and time again.

There are many websites with impressive collections, covering recent shots as well as blasts from the past.

Courses in building design for homeland security teach these professionals about designing buildings to withstand blasts, fires and other threats.

Basically, each of the five main characters you can play as -- Gohan, Trunks, Vegeta, Piccolo and Goku, not counting unlockable combatants -- can attack using either melee attacks or energy blasts.

The gameplay is much like you'd expect from a Mario sports title, with fast and furious action coupled with a few cartoony blasts for good measure.

Once the grenade is within a decent blast radius of the opponent, its ribcage light then turns red and blasts them with a blinding white light that sends the opponent falling down rag doll physics style.

To add insult to injury, it's flame proof and can and will bounce through any opposing grenade or rocket launcher blasts intact until it reaches and blasts its target.

Using these, Dante can leap into the air and rain a barrage of bullets down on his opponents, all the while keeping himself airborne with the blasts of his pistols.

The immature cells (blasts) proliferate rapidly and begin to accumulate in various organs and tissues, thereby affecting their normal function.

The bone marrow makes precursor cells called blasts or stem cells, which mature into different types of blood cells.

Finding that the walls of autocracy could not be overturned by blasts of revolutionary trumpets in the periodical press and in clandestinely printed seditious proclamations, the young enthusiasts determined to seek the support of the masses, or, as they termed it, " to go in among the people " (idti v narod).

The surrounding country is a sterile and gloomy wilderness exposed to the cold and blighting blasts of the Sierra.